Friday, February 10, 2012
- India test-fires ballistic missile interceptor
- MQM seeks SC notice over Bilour's interview
- Russia proposes bilateral extradition treaty with US
- Karachi violence claims seven lives
- SC rejects PM Gilani's appeal
- 9 sentenced for London Stock Exchange terror plot
- Greece reaches deal on austerity
- CJ takes suo motu notice of Lahore factory collapse
- India, Pakistan trade can reach $10 bn by 2015: CII
- Terror trial of accused Bali bomber starts Monday
The Nation in print for Tuesday, December 02, 2008
Front Page
India hands over list of 20 suspects
NEW DELHI (Agencies) - In the wake of Mumbai terror strikes, India's External Affairs Ministry on Monday summoned Pakistan's High Commissioner Shahid Malik to lodge protest over Pakistan's failure to curb terrorism emanating from its soil and also formally accused "elements" in Pakistan of being ...
No let-up in riots
KARACHI - The death toll in the metropolis mounted to 43 deaths on Monday while hundreds others sustained serious injuries as the ...
APC to discuss national security today
ISLAMABAD - In a rare show of solidarity the political leadership of the country was participating in the All Parties Conference ...
Sovereign states have right to protect themselves: Obama
WASHINGTON - Sovereign nations have the right to protect themselves, US President-elect Barack Obama said Monday, when ...
International
Fears of sectarian violence after Mumbai carnage
MUMBAI (AFP) - The militant attacks on Mumbai have led to fears that India could see a sectarian backlash as Hindu and Muslim ...
Bombs kill 30 people in two Iraqi cities
BAGHDAD (AFP) - A spate of attacks targeting security forces in the heart of Baghdad and the northern city of Mosul killed around ...
SKorea ends Iraq mission
ARBIL, Iraq (AFP) - South Korea on Monday formally ended a four-year military mission to Iraq at a ceremony in the northern ...
Thai protesters leave PM's office for airports
BANGKOK (AFP) - Thai anti-government protesters Monday ended a three-month sit in at the prime minister's offices, redeploying to ...
Israel blocks Libyan aid boat near Gaza
GAZA CITY (AFP) - Israeli warships on Monday prevented a Libyan cargo vessel from reaching the Gaza Strip, the impoverished ...
Governments tackle HIV stigma on World AIDS Day
JOHANNESBURG (AFP) - Governments across the globe pledged Monday to step up the fight against HIV, combating the stigma ...
Owners get back control of Taj Hotel
MUMBAI (AFP) - Indian security officials have handed control of Mumbai's landmark Taj Mahal Hotel back to its owners, the company ...
US paper warns Indian leaders against igniting religious war
NEW YORK - A leading American newspaper Monday advised caution to India's leaders in handling the situation arising from last ...
US seeks to dissuade India from military response to terrorist attacks
WASHINGTON - The United States wants to dissuade India from military responses to the Mumbai terrorist attacks and instead work ...
Pakistan not harbouring terrorists: Haqqani
NEW YORK - Pakistan's ambassador to the United States Husain Haqqani on Sunday rejected as "plain wrong" Indian accusations that ...
Business
KSE to get Rs14.5 billion before 'floor' lifting
KARACHI - Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) has been officially assured of getting Rs14.5 billion out of Rs20 billion promised by the ...
Eggs retail price hits Rs80/dozen
KARACHI - The retail price of eggs has surged to Rs 80 per dozen due to the start of winter season. Earlier, the price was Rs. 65 ...
Increase in profit rates on CDNS products to hit banks deposit growth
KARACHI - The fresh move by the government of increasing profit rates on Central Directorate National Saving (CDNS) products by ...
Up to Rs45 cut in LPG wholesale prices
LAHORE - Lub Gas and Mehran LPG reduced their wholesale prices by Rs 21-45 per 11.8-kg cylinder in various parts of the country ...
SBP chief for aggressive implementation
KARACHI - Dr Shamshad Akhtar, Governor State Bank of Pakistan, Monday stressed the need for aggressive implementation of ...
Oil production down 7.8pc
LAHORE - Oil production decreased by 7.8 per cent YoY while gas production increased by 1.1 per cent YoY on the back of cut in ...
Comprehensive policy framework to manage current crisis prepared
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The Government has prepared a comprehensive policy framework to manage the current economic crisis with a ...
Lack of interest dampens trading on first day of week
LAHORE - Business on the first day of trading day Monday in Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) resumed with normal mode but remained ...
PSO launches Vehicle Identification System
KARACHI - Pakistan State Oil (PSO) has launched Vehicle Identification system (VIS) in an impressive ceremony held at a local ...
PIA to recover losses soon
LAHORE (PR) - PIA Managing Director Capt. Mohammad Aijaz Haroon has said Pakistan International Airline (PIA) would soon recover ...
Politics
Nato not to conduct operation in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD-UK Foreign Minister David Miliband on Monday telephoned his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi to discuss ...
Hillary named Secy of State
WASHINGTON - US President-elect Barack Obama has announced Monday his national security team, including former first lady Hillary ...
Bomber hits Swat security post; 10 die
PESHAWAR (Agencies) - At least 10 people were killed and 50 injured on Monday after a suicide bomber blew up his explosives-laden ...
China assures full support
ISLAMABAD (Agencies) - China has assured full moral, financial and material support to Pakistan in the wake of the situation that ...
Brown offers role to defuse tension
ISLAMABAD - The British Prime Minister Gordon Brown Monday offered Pakistan to help defuse the tension with India, which ...
'N' extends support to govt
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz), the major Opposition party in the National Assembly Monday said it would extend ...
Pakistan's UN envoy underscores urgency of tackling Indo-Pak tensions
NEW YORK - The United Nations Monday withheld comments on a letter written to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon by Pakistan's U.N. ...
Islamabad
CDA barred from work at Zeropoint Interchange
ISLAMABAD - Fate of the multi billion rupees 'Zeropoint Interchange' being carried out with an aggressive pace, has hit snags ...
Education ministry okays 2pc quota for disabled
ISLAMABAD-The Ministry of Social Welfare and Special Education has decided to allot two percent quota for the special persons in ...
Summit pledges to bring positive change among youth
ISLAMABAD - Demanding the government to approve draft of Youth Policy at the earliest, the three-day Youth Summit concluded on ...
Security at weekly bazaars to be beefed up
ISLAMABAD - Islamabad Capital Territory Administration has decided to improve and enhance the security in the weekly bazaars ...
NCM being reorganised for minorities' welfare: Bhatti
ISLAMABAD - Federal Minister for Minorities Affairs Shahbaz Bhatti has said that National Commission for Minorities (NCM) is ...
National AIDS Control Programme approved
ISLAMABAD - The Five Years National AIDS Control Programme approved by the Central Development Working Party would cost Rs 9.9 ...
Karachi
Coalition govt claims over riots appear hollow
KARACHI - Riots and violence which claimed over scores of lives and injured more than 200 persons, dislocations of communities ...
Ghafoor warns India against any aggression
KARACHI - Central Naib Ameer Jamaat-i-Islami Pakistan, Prof. Ghafoor Ahmed on Monday alleged that MQM and ANP were responsible ...
Missing Zeeshan yet to be recovered
KARACHI - Law enforcement agencies (LEA) have failed to produce missing Zeeshan Jalil, 28, before the court despite of passing ...
Court extends physical remand of Kalias
KARACHI - The Judicial and Sessions Judge South Asif Ahmad on Monday extended the physical remand of Munaf Kalia and Javed Kalia ...
Schools, colleges to remain closed today
KARACHI - Sindh government on Monday night announced that all government and private schools and colleges would remain closed on ...
More penalties for poachers and land grabbers
KARACH\\I - The Sindh Assembly has unanimously passed two government bills into law and elected standing committees and other ...
Don't let cricket suffer: Wasim
KARACHI (AFP) - Former great Wasim Akram Monday called on India not to break cricketing ties with Pakistan, suggesting both ...
POA to hold boxing body elections on 20th
KARACHI - The Pakistan Olympic Association has announced to hold quadrennial elections of the suspended Pakistan Boxing ...
SOA wins praise for hosting second OCA administration course
KARACHI - The Sindh Olympic Association won praise for successfully hosting the week-long OCA Sports Administration Course which ...
Lahore
Ban on stage dance suspended
LAHORE - The Lahore High Court Monday gave a go-ahead to the dancing girls to perform live on stage by suspending LHC single ...
Online buying of sacrificial animals gaining momentum
LAHORE - With eight days left to mark Eid-ul-Azha, the buying of sacrificial animals through the Internet has started picking ...
Lawyers stand with armed forces
LAHORE - At this hour of escalating tension between India and Pakistan, lawyers all over the country are with the nation and the ...
India maligning Pakistan falsely
LAHORE - Advisor to Prime Minister on Interior Rehman Malik has accused India of making deliberate efforts at maligning Pakistan ...
Govt victimising opponents: report
LAHORE - The Punjab government has lodged an FIR against officers of Iqbal Town Municipal Administration with Anti-Corruption ...
'Mumbai assaults plot against Pakistan'
LAHORE - City people in a survey showed a strong anti-Indian feelings after New Delhi jumped to blame Pakistan for Mumbai attacks ...
If we were brave to tour in 99, so should India in 2009: Shaharyar
LAHORE - Former PCB chief Shaharyar Khan feels if Pakistani cricketers could brave threats during their 1999 tour of India, ...
Another home series loss to affect seriously
LAHORE - Cricket great Zaheer Abbas fear his country will be left alone in international sporting wilderness if India refuses to ...
Tough task ahead for administrators
LAHORE - Former Pakistan skipper Inzamam-ul-Haq feels the deadly Mumbai terror strikes would make the job tough for cricket ...
Subcontinent may lose 2011 World Cup
LAHORE - Continuous terror attacks in the sub-continent has cast a shadow over the 2011 Cricket World Cup to be jointly hosted by ...
PCB preparing plan to allay security fears of touring teams
LAHORE - PCB Director General Javed Miandad says a master plan is being prepared to deal with the security concerns of touring ...
PIA and NBP advance in Benazir Memorial Cricket
LAHORE - PIA, National Bank of Pakistan, Port Qasim and Karachi Whites won their respective matches of the Shaheed-e-Jamhooriat ...
Afghan cause stir, edge out PIA 2-1 again
LAHORE - The leading goal scorers of both the teams struck a goal each as Afghan FC overwhelmed PIA 2-1 at Govt High School, ...
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